Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY) Given Average Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages

Randstad Holding NV (OTCMKTS:RANJY) has received a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the five research firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have given a hold recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company.

RANJY has been the subject of several recent research reports. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded Randstad from a “strong-buy” rating to a “moderate sell” rating in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Randstad from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th.

Randstad Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of OTCMKTS RANJY opened at $16.53 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.18, a current ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. The firm has a market cap of $5.82 billion, a PE ratio of 17.57 and a beta of 0.88. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $17.81 and its 200 day simple moving average is $20.03. Randstad has a 12-month low of $16.09 and a 12-month high of $25.50.

Randstad (OTCMKTS:RANJY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 11th. The business services provider reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.04. Randstad had a net margin of 1.30% and a return on equity of 11.61%. The company had revenue of $6.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.83 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Randstad will post 1.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Randstad

Randstad N.V. (OTCMKTS:RANJY) is a leading global provider of human resource services and workforce solutions. Headquartered in Diemen, Netherlands, the company specializes in connecting organizations with both temporary and permanent talent across a wide range of industries, including administrative, industrial, finance, engineering, healthcare and IT sectors.

The company’s service offering encompasses staffing and recruitment, inhouse services, professional and executive search, and managed services such as recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and workforce management.